Name: Mycolicibacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum (Tsukamura et al. 1986) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986

Etymology: a.ce.ta.mi.do.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. acetamidum, acetamide; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. acetamidolyticum, digesting acetamide

Pronunciation, gender: a-ke-ta-mi-do-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35931; CIP 105423; DSM 44220; JCM 6368; NCH E11620

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR733720 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:67.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 181. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1411-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Mycolicibacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Mycolicibacterium fortuitum within a separate genus Mycolicibacterium.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986, which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Mycolicibacterium fortuitum (da Costa Cruz 1938) Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:67.

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Record number: 798187